Convent of Beja explained

Museu Rainha Dona Leonor ("Queen Eleanor Museum") is a museum housed in the former Convent of Beja, Portugal.[1]

Convent

The convent was founded in 1495. The convent of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, a congregation of Poor Clares in Beja, was the setting for the romance between nun Mariana Alcoforado and a French officer, as retold in Mariana (1997) and other novels.

It serves now as the Beja Regional Museum.

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Notes and References

  1. Fodor's Portugal: Where to Stay, Eat, and Explore -Fodor's - 2001 - Page 171 0679006761 "You can see Roman artifacts and other tokens of Beja's long history at the regional museum housed in the convent ..."

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